Next week will be the final session of our Natural & Built Environment seminar series Lindsey West will present on the topic of 'Community-led conservation and governance' 🗓️ Thursday 14th March ⏲️ 12.00-13.00 🏢 DKB, 03/005 More information ⬇️⬇️

📢 After a very long time under preparation, our paper identifying 10 Key Components to promote the development and implementation of sustainable and equitable #Climate-smart #MarineSpatialPlanning around the globe is out! npj Ocean Sustainability Take a look!! nature.com/articles/s4418…

📢 #CallForPapers for a thematic issue of the journal "Ocean & Society" dedicated to #OceanLiteracy This issue will explore the evolution of ocean literacy & how it can act as a mechanism for change across the UN #OceanDecade 🌊 Please share or get in contact, if interested ⬇️

📢 Resharing a #CallForPapers for a thematic issue of the journal "Ocean & Society" dedicated to #OceanLiteracy This issue will explore the evolution of the concept & how it can act as a mechanism for change across the UN #OceanDecade 🌊 If interested, share or get in touch⬇️⬇️

This year I am running BelfastCityMarathon in support of Helping Hand, the charity of the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children It would mean a great deal if you could donate, particularly to the families who are dependent on its service. Thank you! More info ⬇️ justgiving.com/page/ben-mcate…

I am proud to share the launch of the Social Enterprise Support Pilot Programme, co-led by Údarás na Gaeltachta and Queen's University Belfast 🎓 as part of the EmpowerUs Project. The programme seeks to establish a stronger enabling environment for the social economy in the Gaeltacht.

It's a warp. A couple years in the making and now finally there in the open, the first article of a Special Issue to come on Reflexive Marine Governance! Jan van Tatenhove Marleen Schutter Michelle Voyer

📢 Resharing a #CallForPapers for a thematic issue of the journal "Ocean & Society" dedicated to #OceanLiteracy This issue will explore the evolution of the concept & how it can act as a mechanism for change across the UN #OceanDecade 🌊 If interested, share & get in touch ⬇️⬇️

Last call for this fully funded three year PhD studentship, researching one of the key environmental challenges facing the island of Ireland, working with our partners Friends of the Earth NI. Closing date 1/5/24

*Spoiler Alert* Next year's exam question will be: 'If a new oil terminal can get permission in the context of a climate emergency and legally binding GHG emission targets, what's the point of the Northern Ireland Planning system?' 3000 words, and please limit your despair 1/10

📢Job alert!📢 Interested in communicating scientific results, working with a multi-cultural consortium and taking the lead in managing MarinePlan? The central role of Project Coordinator is waiting for you in Bremerhaven! 📝Apply here until May 17th: t1p.de/gi2am

I had a brilliant day at the Belfast marathon on Sunday & was delighted to finish in a slow & steady 4hr 14mins. Even more delighted to feel relatively fresh as a result! Thank you for all of the donations to Helping Hand, the total is now over £500! justgiving.com/page/ben-mcate…

What a productive and inspiring MarinePlan worshop. From EBSA criteria, new MSP and SCP tools to scenarios. So grateful to our super hosts in Thessaloniki!

Pleased to share a new #OpenAccess paper that examines the reality of community-based wind energy ⬇ ⬇ Research led by Jamie Baxter of Western University, with Sarah Wilson and Geraint Ellis Full paper available here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A reminder that nominations for the 2024 Postdoctoral Development Centre at Queen's Awards are open & will close on 30th June Postdocs contribute a lot to Queen's University Belfast 🎓, by being involved in delivering research, supporting students & engaging with external stakeholders More info ⬇️⬇️ qub.ac.uk/sites/pdc/Reco…

Delighted to have my first piece of fiction published! In none other than the greatly storied The HU. 'Late Earth' is a story about climate change, taking the wrong path in life, and trying to make good: humag.co/prose/late-ear…

Delighted to be nominated for a Postdoc award & congrats to all other nominees!

📄Want to know more about public participation in marine planning? Read our latest paper, in which we analyze the content of 4,300 online contributions to the first marine spatial planning project in France: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Published online Open Access: Network governance and reflexivity in fisheries management: a case study of Northern Ireland Benedict McAteer (Ben McAteer) & Wesley Flannery (Wesley Flannery) doi.org/10.1080/152390… #reflexivity #networkgovernance